# What's a good place to find an artist? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 14, 2010, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-place-to-find-an-artist/539473 "2010-05-14T20:50:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2010, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-place-to-find-an-artist/539473/1 "2010-05-14T20:50:15Z")
I need to find an artist to discuss a project with. Much spec, little promise, probably end in terrible failure. Is there anywhere on the web where lonely, disconsolate, desperate artists congregate to be taken advantage of? ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-place-to-find-an-artist/539473/2 "2010-05-14T20:55:26Z")
Craigslist? DeviantArt forums? What kind of art? ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-place-to-find-an-artist/539473/3 "2010-05-14T21:00:20Z")
Not online but in real life. Call your local newspaper. Ask for the arts and entertainment editor, or the features editor. They have probably done scores of stories on artists in the last year or two and have their phone numbers, email addresses, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-place-to-find-an-artist/539473/4 "2010-05-14T21:23:14Z")
Well, sadly, I have until recently BEEN the local newspaper so that’s out. It’s for a webcomic a pal wants to start. I offered to help him get it off the ground if it wasn’t too much trouble. That apparently means asking you people. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2010, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-place-to-find-an-artist/539473/5 "2010-05-14T23:15:16Z")
[http://www.freelancedesigners.com/](http://www.freelancedesigners.com/) ---
**Author:** ![JFLuvly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@JFLuvly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JFLuvly)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-place-to-find-an-artist/539473/6 "2010-05-15T00:34:57Z")
Check your PM ---
**Author:** ![Salem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-place-to-find-an-artist/539473/7 "2010-05-15T00:44:01Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > Well, sadly, I have until recently BEEN the local newspaper so that’s out. > > It’s for a webcomic a pal wants to start. I offered to help him get it off the ground if it wasn’t too much trouble. > > That apparently means asking you people. Not to hijack your thread but Oh No, what happened? I remember when you started the paper. (Mostly because I was an editor of a weekly community paper at the time and have since started my own and, knock on wood, we’re doing ok). I’m really sorry it didn’t work out for you and hope you’re able to move on to bigger and better things. As far as artists, a lot depends on what type of art and whether they need to be physically near you or if it can be done via the internet. Answering those questions will help narrow the search. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-place-to-find-an-artist/539473/8 "2010-05-15T01:10:29Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > It’s for a webcomic a pal wants to start. I offered to help him get it off the ground if it wasn’t too much trouble. In that case, browse the forums of ComicGenesis and DrunkDuck - they’re both webcomic hosting sites. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-place-to-find-an-artist/539473/9 "2010-05-15T01:34:37Z")
There’s a forum at [conceptart.org](http://www.conceptart.org/forums/) for job listings. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-place-to-find-an-artist/539473/10 "2010-05-15T01:38:16Z")
Thanks for all the tips, everyone. I’ll be sure to check them out. > [@Salem](#): > > Not to hijack your thread but Oh No, what happened? I remember when you started the paper. (Mostly because I was an editor of a weekly community paper at the time and have since started my own and, knock on wood, we’re doing ok). I’m really sorry it didn’t work out for you and hope you’re able to move on to bigger and better things. Nothing went wrong. I sold it. Now I’m running for County Commissioner. It keeps me busy.